scrútan, scrútain

(Lat. scrutinium). Vn. of scrútaid. In
O.Ir. an o-stem, but in Mid.Ir. ads. commonly scrútain (found
also as ns.,
Ériu ii 89 § 2
). The ds scrutunt (gl. scrutinio),
Thes. i 3.13
is referred by Stokes,
KZ xxxi 234
, to Lat. scru-
tandum, but may merely be due to the influence of légund,
scríbund.